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| The first monastery was founded here in 657 AD by the Saxon King of Northumbria, but was destroyed by the Vikings in 867 AD. The Abbey was rebuilt by the Normans in 1220 AD as a Benedictine abbey in the Gothic style. |
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King Henry VIII closed down this Catholic abbey in 1540 after the founding of the Church of England
and suppression of the Roman churches throughout England. |
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| We enjoyed our walk around the grounds. For a building destroyed in 1540 it is still a thing of beauty and art. |
199 steps that lead up the hill to the abbey. They were nothing after Roseberry Topping. It took about an hour to drive south to Whitby-a lovey town south of us on the coast. The ruins are from an abbey built in the 13th century. I still felt a reverence as we walked through the ruins.
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